Steven Hutson
@stevehut.bsky.social
Literary Agent
www.wordwisemedia.com
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Nothing wrong with that.
Whatever helps your process.
Whatever helps your process.
September 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Nothing wrong with that.
Whatever helps your process.
Whatever helps your process.
Was that a bad joke?
That's not a thing.
That's not a thing.
June 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Was that a bad joke?
That's not a thing.
That's not a thing.
Sure. Except that I didn't criticize anyone.
I pointed out the realities of the market.
I pointed out the realities of the market.
May 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Sure. Except that I didn't criticize anyone.
I pointed out the realities of the market.
I pointed out the realities of the market.
No, that's not what I meant.
Early in my career, my friends showered me in effusive praise.
Which gave me false confidence.
Which only held me back in my education and success.
Early in my career, my friends showered me in effusive praise.
Which gave me false confidence.
Which only held me back in my education and success.
May 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
No, that's not what I meant.
Early in my career, my friends showered me in effusive praise.
Which gave me false confidence.
Which only held me back in my education and success.
Early in my career, my friends showered me in effusive praise.
Which gave me false confidence.
Which only held me back in my education and success.
Yup. Fantasy can go longer than other genres.
But self-pub status is not relevant here. The market is what it is, and sophisticated readers will recognize a too-long book when they see it.
But self-pub status is not relevant here. The market is what it is, and sophisticated readers will recognize a too-long book when they see it.
May 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Yup. Fantasy can go longer than other genres.
But self-pub status is not relevant here. The market is what it is, and sophisticated readers will recognize a too-long book when they see it.
But self-pub status is not relevant here. The market is what it is, and sophisticated readers will recognize a too-long book when they see it.
That there's a pretty big book.
Likely a nonstarter for most publishers.
Likely a nonstarter for most publishers.
May 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
That there's a pretty big book.
Likely a nonstarter for most publishers.
Likely a nonstarter for most publishers.
Sure, any skill can be learned.
Still, you might not be the right person for a particular project.
Still, you might not be the right person for a particular project.
April 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Sure, any skill can be learned.
Still, you might not be the right person for a particular project.
Still, you might not be the right person for a particular project.
So the only way to get ahead, is to destroy others?
Nah.
Nah.
April 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
So the only way to get ahead, is to destroy others?
Nah.
Nah.
Sydney asked for "advice/tips/cautionary tales, or anything else you have."
Getting it right, includes finding the right narrator.
Getting it right, includes finding the right narrator.
March 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Sydney asked for "advice/tips/cautionary tales, or anything else you have."
Getting it right, includes finding the right narrator.
Getting it right, includes finding the right narrator.
Most writers are not the right person to do their own narration. Find the right person and do it right.
March 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Most writers are not the right person to do their own narration. Find the right person and do it right.
Then you have your answer.
I worked in supermarkets for 22 years.
Store-brand sandwich cookies are always cheaper an Oreos.
But the Oreos (almost) always sell better than the store-brand.
I worked in supermarkets for 22 years.
Store-brand sandwich cookies are always cheaper an Oreos.
But the Oreos (almost) always sell better than the store-brand.
March 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Then you have your answer.
I worked in supermarkets for 22 years.
Store-brand sandwich cookies are always cheaper an Oreos.
But the Oreos (almost) always sell better than the store-brand.
I worked in supermarkets for 22 years.
Store-brand sandwich cookies are always cheaper an Oreos.
But the Oreos (almost) always sell better than the store-brand.
Well, every publisher will certainly want to see that you have a pre-exting following. Social is but one path among many, to build that platform.
Unless you're already famous by some other means, social media might be all that's left. And it's something that anyone CAN do.
Unless you're already famous by some other means, social media might be all that's left. And it's something that anyone CAN do.
March 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Well, every publisher will certainly want to see that you have a pre-exting following. Social is but one path among many, to build that platform.
Unless you're already famous by some other means, social media might be all that's left. And it's something that anyone CAN do.
Unless you're already famous by some other means, social media might be all that's left. And it's something that anyone CAN do.
She think it would betray her mission, to write something that's not political. It's explicitly what she said.
March 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
She think it would betray her mission, to write something that's not political. It's explicitly what she said.
Well, that's what Amanda seems to be saying.
March 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Well, that's what Amanda seems to be saying.
So art for the sake of art,
Is a bad thing?
Is a bad thing?
March 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
So art for the sake of art,
Is a bad thing?
Is a bad thing?
Got a source on this?
February 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Got a source on this?
You might get more benefit from attending a few writers' conferences.
January 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
You might get more benefit from attending a few writers' conferences.
Sure I could.
Or, you could just make your point.
Or, you could just make your point.
January 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Sure I could.
Or, you could just make your point.
Or, you could just make your point.
Keyboard, by far.
But you do you.
But you do you.
January 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Keyboard, by far.
But you do you.
But you do you.
I don't know.
We're supposed to know this, by looking at this picture?
We're supposed to know this, by looking at this picture?
January 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I don't know.
We're supposed to know this, by looking at this picture?
We're supposed to know this, by looking at this picture?
Nope. It's not the page count. Never has been.
January 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Nope. It's not the page count. Never has been.
If the pubs artificially inflate the page count, it would only drive up their costs for production and shipping. Which drives up the cover price. Which is not good for business.
Nothing to gain.
Nothing to gain.
January 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
If the pubs artificially inflate the page count, it would only drive up their costs for production and shipping. Which drives up the cover price. Which is not good for business.
Nothing to gain.
Nothing to gain.
No, that's not what publishers do.
Every genre has a standard word-count range. That's the only metric that matters here. Not pages.
No pub can "require" any author to do anything. Either the subs hit the right marks, or they don't.
Every genre has a standard word-count range. That's the only metric that matters here. Not pages.
No pub can "require" any author to do anything. Either the subs hit the right marks, or they don't.
January 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
No, that's not what publishers do.
Every genre has a standard word-count range. That's the only metric that matters here. Not pages.
No pub can "require" any author to do anything. Either the subs hit the right marks, or they don't.
Every genre has a standard word-count range. That's the only metric that matters here. Not pages.
No pub can "require" any author to do anything. Either the subs hit the right marks, or they don't.